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• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: reduce the disclosure threshold to $1,000; require certain persons making gifts above the threshold to furnish a return within eight weeks after polling day; ensure that for the purposes of the disclosure threshold and the disclosure of gifts, related political parties are treated as one entity; prohibit the receipt of a gift of foreign property and all anonymous gifts by registered political parties, candidates and members of a Senate group; provide that public funding of election campaigning is limited to the lesser amount of either the actual electoral expenditure or the amount awarded per vote where the four percent threshold is satisfied; extend existing recovery powers; and introduce new offences and penalties and increase penalties for existing offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• House of Representatives (Northern Territory Representation) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Feb 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Implements a recommendation of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters to maintain at the next federal election the Northern Territory’s representation in the House of Representatives at its current level of two members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Roll Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: enrolment and voting processes and entitlement to enrolment; prisoners’ rights to vote; multiple voting offences; financial disclosure thresholds; authorisation of electoral advertising in journals and magazines; refund of candidate nomination deposits and declaration of nominations; and the

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to public inspection of postal vote applications. Also makes minor technical corrections to the

  Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Sep 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory Water Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988

  to provide that the abstraction of water on National Land and by Commonwealth agencies throughout the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will be managed by the ACT Government;

  Water Act 2007

  to enable the water resources of the Googong Dam Area to be included in a water resource plan area for which the ACT has responsibility; and

  Canberra Water Supply (Googong Dam) Act 1974

  to ensure that the ACT Executive has the appropriate powers to manage the surface waters of the Googong Dam. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  in relation to the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme to: increase the maximum number of grants to eight; provide that certain applicants claiming grants only receive support for expenses incurred to promote exports to markets other than the USA, Canada and the European Union member states; enable the minister to make a determination to specify a percentage of the scheme’s appropriation to fund administration for a financial year; prevent further approval of joint ventures after 30 June 2013; remove event promoters from the scheme; prevent the payment of grants to applicants engaging an EMDG consultant assessed to not be a fit and proper person; provide that if an amount grant is determined before 1 July following the ‘balance distribution date’, the grant becomes payable; and require applicants to acquit claims by paying for claimed expenses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (New Mandate and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Trade and Competitiveness 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to: provide for the circumstances in which the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) can provide insurance or another financial service or product on its commercial account; enable EFIC to guarantee loans for foreign based subsidiaries of certain Australian based companies; exclude public service personnel from the EFIC board; and apply competitive neutrality principles to EFIC’s commercial account operations; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jul 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Development portfolio 

  Bill

• Aviation Security Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to allow background checking of holders of security designated authorisations (particularly flight crew);

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to include contractors of Airservices Australia as aviation industry participants; and

  Aviation Transport Security (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004

  to allow certain programs under the

  Air Navigation Act 1920

  to continue as programs under the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  . Also contains a regulation-making power and a transitional provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum